A/N; I couldn't get this one out of my head, the idea for this one came, when the sister of my boyfriend was talking about how hard her Pointe class and that she couldn't wait to have a part in her dance schools performance.
It nestled itself so deep in my head, that I started googeling ballet and even dreamed about it, it was then that I decided this one needs to be posted or I will go insane.
I hope you all like it, as I have noticed that there aren't many AU stories about these two. Like always I do no own Percy Jackson and the Olympians nor do I own the Heroes of Olympus.
I apologize for any grammar/spelling mistake. without further ado enjoy the first chapter.
"Fourth position, Pirouette, Fifth"
Reyna followed the instructions with a execution that one could only describe as perfect, she closed her eyes stepping in well remembered steps.
Step-turn-step-plie-fan-ball change. Listen and be one with the music, you are not dancing on music you are the music.
"Fourth position, Pirouette, Fifth" Nadia Smirnov called her dark brown eyes fixed on the dancers in the studio, "Again...Again"
Reyna ignored the agitation she heard in the artistic director's voice and continued to dance, following the steps flawlessly.
"Stop it" Nadia called out, "Just stop it, all of you"
The pianist stopped facing the dancers with a look of sympathy. Nadia Smirnov was relentless when it came to dance, she despised it when people didn't follow her instructions perfectly, especially if she had given the same instructions for the past three weeks.
"This is something, we have practiced over and over again" The Russian accent was clearly heard, which was a clear sign that she was losing her patience, "I want dancers. I feel like I am watching the game of man jumping on each other, they show on TV"
"Football?" Reyna asked her obsidian eyes facing the older woman, a small smile gracing her features, "You are comparing us to football players?"
"If that is what you call that game?" Nadia asked nodding, "Than yes, that is what I am calling you" She tilted her head facing her Principal dancer and the star of the company, "Well...You are doing well, you could do better on your pirouette"
"Better? If I do any better, I won't have anything left for Opening night" Reyna replied dropping herself on the ground, "They are tired, we have been doing the same routine for three hours now"
"And we will continue, until you do it right" Nadia replied facing the pianist and signaling for him to start from the beginning, "Stand and dance, as if it is opening night"
Reyna closed her eyes leaning against one of the many mirrors, "I am tired, I can't feel my feet anymore"
It was a lie and everyone in the room was aware of that fact. Reyna was known to be a dancer that would push herself beyond her limits, and if it took ten hours to get it right, than it took ten hours to get it right.
"Tired?" Nadia asked shifting her gaze back to the daughter of her best friend, "You are tired? You mean to tell me, you are human?"
Reyna allowed the smile to fully bloom on her face, taking what had been beautiful and elegant, to something more stunning, "I assume that you mean, that as a compliment right?" The amusement was clearly heard, which made the young woman a whole lot more approachable than she usually was.
Reyna was known to have two sides to her, the one people saw on stage. The talented and passionate dancer, who managed to become one of the finest Ballerina's the world has seen. It was on stage that people got to see the love and warmth she held, she could convey all the feelings of her character in her dance and pull the audience in whatever she was feeling.
As warm and passionate as she was on stage, Reyna was cold and distant off it.
An Ice princess, composed and untouchable. There had been a lot of men and woman who had tried, to penetrate her walls, only to be rebuffed hard. Reyna had shown to have a certain detachment of things and always kept people at arm's length.
Often described as uptight and stern, Reyna was still one of the most honest people around and despite her confidence she was nowhere arrogant. Which was part of the reason, the other dancer liked her so much.
Nadia sighed shaking her head, used to the fact that Reyna placed herself as a wall in front of the others, "Five"
"Ten"
Nadia smiled, "Fifteen it is, than" She waved her hand dismissing the others, "You get back, and I want a perfect routine, understood?" She waited until everybody cleared the room, her eyes shifting their gaze towards the dark haired woman, "You were late this morning why?"
Reyna opened her eyes facing the brunette, "I wasn't late, I was exactly on time"
"My point exactly. From the first day you joined the Company, you have been an hour early practicing your routines" Nadia responded her brown eyes filling with concern, "And you were a little distracted yesterday"
She can't know. I can't worry her, not with everything else going on.
So Reyna did what she did best, pull her walls up higher and act her way out of it, "I was on the phone with Hylla, and I lost track of the time"
Nadia frowned knowing that there was something else, "You sure? That is all? Hylla calling?" She asked her eyes fixed on the younger woman, "And Yesterday? You were tired?"
"Yesterday was just a off-day for me"
Nadia lifted an brow, "I was not aware that you had off-day's"
"Contrary to popular belief, I am still human" Standing up Reyna dusted her blue dance dress before she faced Nadia, her dark eyes showing nothing of the turmoil she was feeling, "I was just tired that is all, there is nothing to worry about"
Nadia sighed giving up, "If you say so" She turned around making her way towards the pianist, "Have bite or something, we will be starting from the top, in ten"
Reyna nodded crossing the big room and making way towards the kitchen for something to eat. She had to find a way, to fix this problem. Because she could not have this...Not now, with all the attention on the TV special, the opening of their newest Ballet and her debut with her first Hollywood movie.
"Reyna?"
She turned around recognizing the voice, "Octavian" She stopped waiting until the company pianist reached her, "I thought, you were out sick today"
The blond shook his head, "No, something came up and it kind of took longer than expected" His blue eyes brightened, "I heard, that Dmitri asked if you could guest star in his next play"
News travelled fast, it travelled very fast. Reyna sighed brushing a hand through her hair, "He did and I said I will consider it"
"Consider it? Haven't you danced on Broadway twice? Or was it three times?" Octavian asked walking her to the kitchen, "You are talented and if there is one thing you like, it is being challenged"
"Challenged? I will be certain challenged if I decide to let, him order me around" Reyna replied, "It is a matter who will kill who first, I have never met anyone who is as stubborn as that man"
"Really?" Octavian asked an amused smile appearing on his face, "I assumed that you looked in the mirror every morning"
Reyna shot him a glare causing the blond to flinch before he grinned, "You know, I am right" He leaned against the door post as he watched her open the fridge, "I tried calling you last night?"
It took all her self control not to tense, "You did?" She asked instead pulling a bag with Nadia's name out the fridge and finding a tuna sandwich in it, "I turned my phone off, and went to bed early"
"That explains it" He tilted an eyebrow, "Are you stealing lunch?" Octavian asked stepping in to the kitchen and took place on one of the many chairs, "You are stealing Madame's lunch? That is suicide"
Reyna tilted an eyebrow, "I am hungry and it is worth the risk" She eased herself in a chair and took a bite of the sandwich, "He is right, it does taste better when it is someone else's"
"Who?"
Reyna looked up wondering if she had imagined the anger in the question, but the only thing she saw in his eyes was genuine curiosity, "Percy"
"Oh, him"
Reyna tilted an eyebrow, "You only met him once? Twice? and you hate him?" She shifted her gaze towards the fridge wondering if she could find something to drink that wasn't an energy drink, "He is tiring but amusing to have around"
"I don't hate him, I merely dislike him" Octavian replied standing up and heading towards the fridge and opening it, "He lacks the lid people have, between their brains and mouth"
"That is Annabeth's fiancé, all right" Reyna replied taking the bottle of mineral water the blond handed her, "Thank you"
"You're welcome" His blue eyes faced the door a soft sigh escaping him, "I better see, how Howard is holding up"
"He kept up, with Nadia demands as did the class" She opened the bottle and took a sip before she placed it back on the table, "But you know her, she will want some changes sooner or later"
Octavian nodded and left her alone in the kitchen. Reyna sighed watching him leave. She had to do something, because disconnecting her phone would only work for so long.
She could change her number again, but she knew it was useless. This man has managed to find her new number, in just three weeks.
She could change her number again, but what could she use as an excuse now? The last time it was to many fans, she could not use that one again.
Reyna placed the sandwich back down, having lost her appetite. She took a knife and cut the part she had eaten from off and re packed it, for Nadia and placed it back in the fridge. Reyna took the bottle with her and made her way, back to the studio, for the last five hours of her day.
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Hours later Reyna opened the doors to her apartment and closed it behind her. She dropped her keys on the queen Anne side table and removed her jacket hanging it in the coat closet.
With a sigh Reyna crossed the wide entrance gallery and in to the wide and open living room, it was one of her favorite rooms of the house, even if it was only for the wood burning fireplace.
Reyna made her way towards the large windows and gazed out over central park, she loved the view. Which was part of the reason she decided to accept Dmitri's gift and take the house. A quick look on the clock told her, it was already eight o'clock and she wanted a shower, food, a talk with her sister and one with Annabeth and some time to read her book.
Not necessary in that order, but it would be nice if she managed to get all that in the few hours she had left in her day. She turned around and away from the window, taking the phone with her planning to make the calls while she changed and prepared her dinner.
The sound of the door bell, stopped her in her actions, she frowned not expecting anyone and knowing that a handful of people, had gotten her permission to be allowed up without the doorman, calling her.
She made her way towards the door and looked through the peephole, recognizing the blond, "What in the..." She opened the door, "Annabeth? What are you-"
The blond stepped in the apartment like she owned the place, closely followed by Percy and a blond she didn't recognize, "Interesting, I wasn't expecting any guests today" Her dark eyes faced the blond male hovering next to her, "Care to introduce yourselves?"
She was everything he had expected her to be and not. Jason Grace took his time taking her in, he had never met her but he had heard off her.
Who didn't?
She was as beautiful if not more so, as they said. The young woman was what people called an exotic beauty, her glossy dark hair, obsidian eyes and olive skin, gave her an air of mystery and a certain romance to her looks.
And looking at her, Jason understood why Percy had said, not to underestimate her. That she was a dangerous woman, that behind her lithe and delicate build hid a certain and near unbreakable steel. He had to with hold a smile, she wasn't an inch taller than 5'6 and yet the woman managed to look taller than anyone in the room.
So this was her. Reyna Martinez.
The woman who became the star and the face of her Company. An Icon in the world of dance, the woman who was dubbed the best dancer America has brought forth.
"Jason Grace" He introduced himself a grin appearing on his face, "It seems like I am your new Bodyguard?" It was interesting watching her, her face remained impassive, but her eyes.
God, her eyes. They flashed with something that he recognized as rage, before it was replaced by a curious and somewhat disinterested look, "Are you now?" She tilted her head taking her time in taking him, "Well this should be an very interesting experience"
The woman was really something else. There was nothing, not in her posture, expression or eyes that showed her obvious anger.
Jason had made it his living reading people, but this woman...Her dark eyes were like glass they showed nothing, "That is an interesting way to phrase the situation"
She didn't reply her dark eyes stayed on him for a few more tense moments, before she sighed shifting her gaze towards the couple standing a few feet away, "How rude of me, come on in"
Jason followed the younger woman, in to the open living room and took his time taking her home in. The room was elegant and regal, it was the only way to describe the room and it fitted the woman that owned it.
The room was done in two shades of white and one of gold, giving the whole room a sense of serenity and warmth, and placing all the attention on the wood burning fire place.
Reyna took place on the white loveseat and crossed her legs, her dark eyes fixed on the three standing in her living room, "Please do take a seat"
Jason eased himself on the sofa and waited until both Percy and Annabeth had taken place, before he decided to speak up, "Percy told me, you have a problem"
She rested her elbow on the arm rest and placed her chin in her hand, "It would seem like that wouldn't it?"
"Care to explain the situation?"
Reyna lifted one shoulder in a shrug, "What is there to explain? The fact that you are here, tells me that you are fully aware of the situation" She tilted her head in a gesture that managed to be both elegant and mocking, "So why won't you tell me, detective?"
"I want to, hear it from you" Jason replied his blue eyes not faltering under her piercing gaze, "All they told me, was that you, were being harassed"
"That is a polite way of putting it" Reyna lifted one eyebrow her dark eyes fixed on him, "Do tell me, what was your first thought? That I had this one coming? That this is the prize one, pays for fame?"
She was spot on, but there was no way in hell, he would admit that she had read him well. So instead Jason met her smirk, with an easy grin, "It doesn't really, matter what I think. So why won't you tell me, about these phone calls and letters?"
"What can I say? They started perfectly harmless, congratulating for my achievements" She sighed shifting her gaze towards the photographs on the wall, "Dancing with Kirov, meeting the Queen and being invited by the president such things"
Her dark eyes returned their gaze towards Jason again, "They started to turn more obscene and explicit after they announced that they casted me, for a movie about dance"
"And you tried changing your number?" Jason asked ignoring the look Annabeth send him, he had already told them, that he verify for himself how serious this was and if it wasn't some poor man, who had the misfortune falling in love, with a woman like her.
"Do you see, me as an idiot?" Her voice didn't reveal her annoyance, her eyes on the other hand, had the slightest sign of agitation in them, "Changing my number, was the first thing that came in my mind and that is what I did"
"And the phone calls continued?"
"Would you be here, if they didn't? She asked instead standing up and crossed the room towards the white French style telephone table, and opened a drawer pulling out a stack of letters, "I kept the last ten or so"
"So there were more?" Annabeth asked talking for the first time, it had taken her a lot of effort to follow Jason's request and let him handle things first, "Why didn't you take them to police?"
Reyna faced Annabeth, "Really? You are asking me that? You do know, that I will be hounded by paparazzi if I set foot in a police station right?" She walked back, "Besides you know, the police right? They won't do a thing until I am physically harmed, and then it is usually too late"
"I see your point" Percy replied taking one of the letters out of Reyna's hand and unfolded it, his green eyes read the first few lines, "This is..." Disgusting was the only thought running through his mind, it took all his self control not to crumble and rip the letter apart, "How many did he send?"
Reyna shrugged taking place again, "Like that? I have no idea...Three or four times a week? In the last month or so?"
Jason went through the letters one by one, they had started innocent showing admiration and some encouragement, wishing her luck on her next performance, tour or play. As he went on, the messages started to deteriorated turning more suggestive, outlining his fantasies and his needs...His obsession.
Showing that he was watching, always watching and waiting. This was someone who both knew her routine and who had enjoyed a very good education, "And the phone calls are exactly the same?"
"O no, they are worse..Much worse, the details the man gives is what is disturbing"
Jason had to give the woman props, she was scared but she managed to hide that behind a facade of a calm and collected front, "Your mail, gets delivered in your mail box in the lobby right?"
Reyna nodded running a hand through her hair, realizing that she didn't have any choice but to accept his help, "What is it that I can expect from you? I need this to be discreet, with everything else going on, negative publicity is something I can do without"
Annabeth grinned not noticing her Fiancé inching away from her, "We thought about that, and we decided that you will be introducing him as your special friend"
Jason was slowly discovering that her eyes, were becoming his favorite feature of hers. Those obsidian orbs had managed to show a verity of emotions ranging from shock and anger to annoyance before they were showing some form of mild interest, and all that in less than three seconds flat.
"This should be very interesting" Reyna's soft voice filled the spacious living room, those five words conveyed all her thoughts and feelings about the recent turn of events.
She was pissed off.
A/N; well that was that, I hope is worth the read and that it was a good build up for the rest of the story. please leave a review with your thoughts, just no flames thank you.
